Light for young plants

paloooza

paloooza

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I just read on another site that "a young marijuana plant tends to grow faster if it is under continuous light for the first two months of its development". I thought you were to switch them to 18/6 after the first couple of weeks, not months. Which should I do?

Thanks.
 
gotot

gotot

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sounds good, the plant shoul be 24/0 because it has no energy stored, in a couple of weeks the plants will have enough energy stored to use during the 6 hours of darkness. the branches will become more spaced apart as apposed to more compaction
 
Anotheroldephart

Anotheroldephart

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paloooza said:
I just read on another site that "a young marijuana plant tends to grow faster if it is under continuous light for the first two months of its development". I thought you were to switch them to 18/6 after the first couple of weeks, not months. Which should I do?

Thanks.
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While that's true, you'll get incredible stretch, fine outdoors, but not so indoors. When I grew from seed and full size plants, I let them go 18/6 for 30 days then switched to flowering and 12/12. They would soon sex...then I whacked the boys. This way they stayed under 6ft..Well except one..the Sport..that thing kept growing and growing.. If I hadn't continually topped it, it would have been in the attic..Got over a lb total, was16 around..just fit in a 4x4 corner...lovely.. I digress.. Also , what type of lights?
 
paloooza

paloooza

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I have four plants ... it's a very small grow area. Any light recommendations would be appreciated. :)
 
Renzo

Renzo

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Personally, I would use either a 400 or 600w hps/mh system. It all depends on your budget though...
 
paloooza

paloooza

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Renzo said:
Personally, I would use either a 400 or 600w hps/mh system. It all depends on your budget though...
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I have a 400W HPS system for my bloom area and a 400W MH for my vegetation area. Both areas are small and less than 3x3. I'm using florescent only for my seedlings. I have a drip system for the vegetation area and ebb/flow for the bloom area. I guess my question is when do I move the plants under the MH light?

(sorry ... I'm a newbie here)

Thanks!
 
Renzo

Renzo

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Ideally, you want to switch to the MH light as soon as you plan on beginning to flower. The MH light releases red/orange which is better for flowering while the HPS light releases blue which is better for vegging.
 
Anotheroldephart

Anotheroldephart

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paloooza said:
I have a 400W HPS system for my bloom area and a 400W MH for my vegetation area. Both areas are small and less than 3x3. I'm using florescent only for my seedlings. I have a drip system for the vegetation area and ebb/flow for the bloom area. I guess my question is when do I move the plants under the MH light?

(sorry ... I'm a newbie here)

Thanks!
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From seed about 30 days from cuttings 14 days.
 
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stoned88911

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hahaha renzo

i havent seen doug in so dam long that show was bad ass
 
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